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System Design and Function Every household operating under this network will receive a minimum connection speed of 2MB bandwith and up to a maximum of 24MB with the possibility of increased connection speeds for businesses. The technology is based on fibre optic cabling, a similar system to the network currently in operation in the U.S and Japan. The user purchases bandwith for their telecommunication needs within the home and then a selection of different partitions of the bandwith for different services. For example if the user had a 2MB bandwith connection, one phoneline requires 256Kpbs (voice over I.P), Cable TV requires 752Kbps and a broadband connection. Therefore the remaining 1MB bandwith can be allocated for the user's broadband connection. Changes in Technology The significant change in the network technology for the 21st Century Network is the introduction of optical cabling for every household allowing users to receive the full bandwidth, due to an improvements in optical technology. Optical technology has become cheaper to produce and can support higher rates of information. The other improvement is that shared broadand is obsolete under the new system. This means that all users will receive their full broadband connection, unlike the current system supported by all commercial ISPs (not businesses) that shares the broadband at a maximum ration of 1 to 20. This means the user will never receive the full connection speed which is advertised. EXTERNAL LINKS
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